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G. F. ALEXANDER.

BOBBIN HOLDER FOR WINDING MACHINES. No. 345.943. Patented July 20; 1886.

WITNESSES:

N. PETERS. PhuhrLllhagnpher, Wam'ingon. 0.;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. ALEXANDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OETHEEE-FOURTHS TO S. B. FLEISHER, B. W. FLEISHER, AND M. FLEISHER, ALL OFSAME PLACE.

BOBBlN-HOLDER FOR WINDING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,943, dated July 20,1886.

Application filed September 6, 1884. Serial No. 142,367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Supported on a proper part of the machineBe it known that I, CHARLES F. ALEX- below the holder is a shaft or bar,E, which is ANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing designed toreach or be in connection with the in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State shipper or stopping mechanism of said ma- 5 ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and chine, said shaft or bar having anarm, F, useful Improvement in Bobbin Holders 'for projectingtherefrominproximity to the lower Winding Machines, which improvement is end of thespindle of theholder, butnotcoming fully set forth in the followingspecification in contact therewith when the holder is in its andaccompanying drawings, in whichnormal position, which may be slightlyin- 10 Figures land2represent side elevations ofa clined, as shown inthe full lines, Fig. l, or

bobbin-holder embodying my invention, cerperpendicular, if desired, theholder being retain portions of the supporting-frame and contained insaid position by the tension of the 6 nected mechanism being sectional.Fig. 3 yarn or thread, limited by a stop, a, against represents ahorizontal section in line a; 00, which the bottom of the spindle abuts,said 1 1. stop in the present case depending from the Similar letters ofreference indicate cone beam A. It will be seen that when the yarnsponding parts in the several figures. or thread breaks, the holder isno longer con- My invention consists of a bobbin, spool, trolled by thesame, and said holder by the quill, or other thread or yarn holder,formed action of gravity vibrates into position for 20 of a balancedspindle, whereby when the holdcausing its lower end to be struck by thearm or is in use it is held in proper position by F, thus moving theshaft or bar E, and occathe tension of the yarn or thread, and whensioning a stoppage of the machine. As soon 7 the latter breaks theholder is so disposed as as the yarn or thread is united, its tensionreto cause the operation of a device whereby stores the holder to properposition, and the 2 stoppage of the machinery is effected. latter leavesthe arm F. The machine may Referring to the drawings, A represents athen be started, and in the event'of further beam or part of a frame ofatwister, spoolbreakage of the yarn or thread the holder is 3 winder, orother machine for winding or unagain operated, with a result similar tothat winding thread or yarn, and B represents a hereinbefore stated.

o vibrating holder for a bobbin, spool, quill, It is evident thatmyinvention is applicable Ste, the same having a suitable spindle orpin, generally to any machine from or upon which which is provided withknii'eedges or jouryarn or thread is wound and unwound, for denals O,the same projecting laterally from the tecting the absence of any onesingle thread, spindle below the bobbin, &c., and resting upon andstopping a certain portion of the machine,

35 a bearing-piece, D, formed of a slotted piece thereby preventingwaste and producing perhaving a recess, the lower portion of which isfect work. curved, the upper part of the said bearing- Having thusdescribed my invention, what piece projecting beyond or overhanging theI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters base portion thereof, soas to more securely Patent, is-

0 retain the journal within the recess against 1. A balanced holder withknife-edge jourupward displacement when the holder moves nals, incombination with abearingpiece havlaterally, due to the breakage of thethread. ingaprojecting oroverhanging upper portion, 5 The said bearingis secured to the beam A of substantially as described. the machine. 2.A balanced holder with knife-edgejonr- A form of device in connectionwith which nals, in combination with the bearing-piece theholderBmay beused is shown in the appli- D, having a projecting or overhanging uppercation of O. F. Alexander, of same date here portion and a recess withacurved lower por- Ico with, and Serial No. 142,868,21nd the same tion,substantially as and for the purpose set not being claimed herein, andnot being a part forth.

0 of this invention, is not fully shown in the CHARLES F. ALEXANDER.

drawings herewith, except the parts thereof Witnesses: which are indirect contact with the holder 13, JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

* for which Letters Patent is now asked. A. P. GRANT.

